[A monthly link list of recommended articles, videos, podcasts, photos, toots … you name it]
[Videos]
David Wengrow at the Revolutionary Love Symposium in Vienna – His talks starts around 2:36:00 (find a German translation bellow)
Covid for Doctors | Dr Nancy Malek – “Isn’t this interesting?” 2025, 5+ years into the pandemic and we need an explainer like this? But it is a well done video. One to pass on to your MD.
Stop the genocide – In the midst of the uproar Kneecap produced this video.
[Music]
Kim Gordon – “BYE BYE 25!” – “All proceeds from “BYE BYE 25!” will be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit NOISE FOR NOW: https://noisefornow.org/”
[Podcasts]
Teaser – Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson | Death Panel [.soundcloud.] – “Beatrice speaks with William C. Anderson about the liberal tendency to limit political action to voting while simultaneously blaming victims of the electoral system for their own oppression (e.g. dismissal of the south as somehow “deserving” Republican control).” The black anarchist author talks about his recent column, see bellow.
“In Covid’s Wake” Part 1: Lying About Lockdowns | If Books Could Kill [] – Two political scientists look back at a deadly pandemic and ask, “could we have done even less?”” This book is so horrible. Part 2 is out already.
Anarchism and Disability [final straw] – Can’t wait for the zine for this episode, because the point Richard Amm makes about speech codes as the neoliberal approach to activism is so spot on, as are a lot of the other opinions expressed in this ground-breaking interview. We gotta look at the structural issues, people, instead of policing our language and thereby individualizing the problems. One example of the work that the Disability Action Research Kollective or DARK does check bellow.
[Toot Threads]
Weg Mit Den Alten [Weissen Männern] – Freie Sicht Aufs Frauenmehr
[Pandemic Roundup]
Covid: June 26, 2025
Covid: June 19, 2025
Covid: June 12, 2025
Covid: June 5, 2025
[The Must Read[s] This Month]
Another way out: Fighting back against inaction | William C. Anderson [prismreports] – “There isn’t necessarily a shortage of self-professed revolutionaries and radicals in the U.S. Despite this, no revolution is here. We certainly have insights from revolutionary periods that preceded us, but not many actual revolutionists among us. Perhaps everyone is just waiting on someone else to start something that they could ignite themselves. Who among us is willing to risk life, freedom, and much more in an attempt to be a spark? Far too many among us want to be the management, influences, or self-appointed vanguard, thinking they’re supposed to direct the revolutionary actions of others. It’s silly to see in a place where the left has been beaten into a place of posturing and rhetoric.” A much needed call to action.
Long COVID is increasing housing insecurity, but support programs fail to help [thesicktimes] – “People with Long COVID face a significant risk of housing and financial insecurity. As Long COVID cases continue to rise, social safety nets worldwide — like disability benefit programs — have not kept pace. Many factors contribute to this risk, including a lack of political will and a bureaucratic system that makes it difficult to regain housing once you have lost it.” And this will only get worse under the doofus Trump and the eugenicist RFK Jr.
Ökologie: Anarchist und Büezer [woz] – “Die Biber sind zurück: Heute leben wieder 5000 in der Schweiz. Mit ihren Dämmen und Teichen bringen sie Dynamik in die Gewässer – so helfen sie unzähligen Tierarten und sogar dem Klima.” 🖤❤️🦫❤️🖤 But in the article and in the title they use anarchy wrong in the sense of chaotic, unruly. That’s not what anarchy means. Or only if you’re like 12.
Mutual Aid, the Commons, and the Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism [crimethinc] – “Capitalism isolates us as competitors in a zero-sum game. With one invisible hand, it forcibly privatizes resources that were once shared; with the other, it breaks up communities, dividing us into atomized individuals with mutually exclusive needs. Today, many people have never known anything other than this. Consequently, they can only conceive of mutual aid as a means of redistributing resources among individuals, not as a way of making common cause to change our lives. But as long as everyone is pursuing an individualistic conception of wealth, there will never be enough to go around.” Dictate the media narrative, isolate the individual, add an element of fear, pitch everyone against each other = total control.
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard predicted young male voters flocking to Trump [salon.com] – “For a lot of people, it’s exhausting hearing about how many women are beaten, raped, killed, harassed, and otherwise oppressed. It can feel much easier to believe it’s all just made up. It’s simpler to believe that ours is a just system, even as men still hold the lion’s share of power and money. It’s comforting to imagine that men react to all their privilege with grace and gratitude, and ignore the reality where all too many abuse women because they can. Trump was selling the same message to his voters: Wouldn’t it be easier to live in a fantasy where patriarchy is all kittens and rainbows?” It can’t be said often enough, Johnny Depp has done so much damage with this cringe, anti-feminist court case.
[Articles English]
A Collective Zine About Sick Comradeship – “Dear friends, We are really proud and excited to let you know that our first ever online collaborative zine has been created and is ready to fly out into the world! Introducing…. A Collective Zine About Sick Comradeship” Or to download the zine, go here.
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talks Reclaiming Her Prison Time [artnews] – “It’s surreal. When the protests first broke out, it was only my third day of Police State and the museum closed. I decided to stay until the end of the workday because that’s what I agreed to, but my husband, John Caldwell, went to the protest and live streamed the sounds of protests. Now, instead of the original Russian prison sounds, I layered the sounds of the protests to create new soundscapes. The recording is chilling.” The show took place in the middle of the ICE riots in LA.
Mapuche lands under fire in Patagonia [ojalá] – “On February 11, 2025, as more than 50,000 hectares of forests burned in Patagonia in the heat of the Argentine summer, the government of the southern province of Chubut, led by Ignacio Agustín Torres, ordered simultaneous police operations against 12 Indigenous Mapuche communities. The raids were brutal: houses were sacked, elderly people were beaten in front of children, books were seized, community radio stations were pillaged, and Victoria “Vic” Núñez Fernández was arrested.” The brutality of the repression knows no bounds. Fuck Milei and his ilk.
The paradox of nonviolence | Andrew Lee [substack] – “I refuse to believe that the comfort of police officers or ICE agents is more important than the safety of immigrants, regardless of the color of their skin or the uniforms on their badges. I refuse to prioritize the survival of cars and walls and windows over the survival of people and families and communities. I refuse to criticize the violence of kids throwing rocks while ignoring the violence of the men in body armor pointing grenade launchers at their heads. I refuse to hand over my fellow protesters to the violence of incarceration or injury or death, even if I find their tactics ill-advised. I refuse to condemn those brave enough to fight back in the face of devastating state violence.” Diversity of tactics, can’t say it enough.
Why Don’t You “Just” Lodge a Complaint? [substack] – Reasons why hospitals aren’t a safe space form chronically ill and disabled people:
“· Complex chronic illnesses are not well understood by many healthcare workers.
· Our healthcare system is designed to treat acute and life threatening conditions.
· Bias is rampant in hospitals.
· Ableism, discrimination, racism and misogyny all exist in healthcare settings.
· Hospitals often protect their own.
· There’s an imbalance of power.” But the problem has existed for many years. More than thirty years ago my father, who was himself a medical doctor at a hospital, did not want to go to a hospital when he had terminal cancer.” Sentences starting with “Why don’t you just” should be banned.
30 minutes with a stranger – What it says on the tin. Not the first similar social experiment.
Stochastic Drum Machine – “Every single parameter of this drum machine is subject to chance and probability. Adjust the slider values to create different likelihoods of a desired step or effect occurring.” So unruly. So, dare i say it, stochastic.
On Skrmetti [caw mag] – “Better madness than to be sane in this world of theirs! Better raving odes to whoring stealing and sleeping-in than Solomonic wisdom where bombs are safety and starving children needful justice. Better we inject ourselves with hormones made from yams, sunflowers and gibbering glee than beg any longer for their rational care, which is just the groping of doctors, the berating of lawyers, the trampling of priests. Let them keep their sanity of the gravedigger!” Vicky rant. Vicky rant. Vicky rant.
Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children | The Gauntlet [substack] – “Of course, it is no mystery why so many children are getting Long COVID. So many children are getting Long COVID because so many children are getting COVID. Over, and over, and over again. So many children are getting Long COVID because COVID causes Long COVID, and children are not “immune” to COVID, they are not becoming healthier with each infection, and the adults around them are doing nothing to mitigate the virus.” Take that all you motherfuckers who continue to claim COVID-19 does not affect kids.
Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation [ill will] – “Trump has staffed the key positions of this hard shell of the state largely with third rate media personalities that are unlikely to attenuate the anti-democratic nature of the administration’s hardcore. Reconfiguration has also flown downward at the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of Defense, with perceived “Bidenist” elements purged and remaining staff subject to reported loyalty tests. As the product of the War on Terror era, the Department of Homeland Security, and with it ICE, has always been a steadfast bulwark of the deeper reactionary project.” Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants, and now even NATO went there.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate | Kelly Hayes [organizingmythoughts] – “From the United States to the UK and beyond, the suppression of dissent is being ramped up, not to “keep the peace” but to preserve a status quo so violent that it is incompatible with most life on Earth.” I am so tired of the violence/nonviolence debate. But this is a good take.
Assessing the Global Climate in May 2025 [ncei] – “Globally, May 2025 was the second-warmest May in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a temperature 1.98°F (1.10°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline. This is 0.14°F (0.08°C) cooler than the record set last May (2024). According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook, it is very likely that 2025 will rank among the five warmest years on record, with less than a 1% chance of ranking as the warmest year on record.” This is fine, nothing to see here. Oh, thank fuck for sarcasm.
Nadya Tolokonnikova Builds a Prison of Her Own [hyperallergic] – “Police State, a 10-day durational performance by activist, artist, and Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova, transforms the cavernous warehouse of the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles into a site of carceral confinement and government surveillance.” The better art blog had it earlier, lol. But look above for an interview.
Disability Activists Bring Wisdom From the Pandemic to New Struggles Under Trump [truthout] – “Disabled people hold immense expertise in navigating both chronic illnesses and moments of crisis. And yet, despite all the public reflections on “lessons learned” at the five-year anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — from which hundreds of people in the U.S. are still dying each week — disabled people find themselves under increasing attack by the Trump administration.” AMA.
UCSF Fired Me for My Protected Speech I am fighting back for our Collective Voice | Rupa Marya [substack] – “When institutions slide towards authoritarianism, we must fight to build ones that can be resilient and strong to work for all people. I am committed to the health for all and that requires we fight for our collective voice as health care worker and we struggle for the very heart of our profession.” I am so angry at how Marya was treated. She is an inspiration, the book she co-authored, Inflamed, a must-read.
Built to Dominate [in these times] – “Palantir has come to exemplify the tech industry’s embrace of authoritarian nationalism far more than Musk’s Nazi salutes, tabloid-fodder pronatalism and “dark MAGA” trolling. As technology scholar Jathan Sadowski writes, “From inception, Palantir’s purpose has been to provide…the ‘ontology layer’ of fascism — helping to give its ideological goals a material reality.” In other words, Palantir is creating digital infrastructure for the multiple forms of state violence and control that contemporary authoritarianism relies on, from the software facilitating mass deportations to the AI wielded in wars against colonized people.” This is so fucking scary.
Freedom Flottila Tracker – “In partnership with Forensic Architecture, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has equipped the ‘Madleen’ with an advanced tracking system. This technology plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of those on board, maintaining transparency about the vessel’s location, and holding potential aggressors accountable for their actions.” The action did grab some headlines, even if it was mostly symbolic and some of the team members may have been a bit questionable.
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on “Male Loneliness” | Kelly Hayes – “We are facing a crisis of social alienation. As unnatural catastrophes abound and fascism tightens its grip, we are alone together in the glow of our screens, “connected,” but unheld. Our movements must address this crisis. We need more discussion spaces and more spiritual and emotional support groups. While some on the left are dismissive of gatherings and activities that are not grounded in productivity, we must acknowledge that the connective tissue we need to move, build, and care collectively is lacking.” I so wish i had a male friend. I do not.
[Articles German/French]
Der Keim einer anderen Welt | David Wengrow [woz] – “Der archaische Männerbund als Ursprung politischer Gemeinschaften und der Freiheit? Bei seiner Rede an den Wiener Festwochen widmet sich der Anthropologe David Wengrow einem obskuren Narrativ, das heute ein Revival erfährt.” Diesen Satz merk ich mir: Politische Bewegungen, die auf Ideen von Freiheit und Liebe beruhen, sind immer irgendwie dazu verdammt, auf diese Weise zu enden: mit verzerrten Fantasien von Gewalt und sexueller Dominanz.
Etat des lieux de l’activité fasciste à Lausanne de 2022 à février 2025 [renverse] – “L’Action Antifasciste Lausanne a le plaisir de mettre en ligne sa brochure retraçant les divers évènements et le contexte des groupes fascistes ces 2 dernières années. L’agression des quelques fascistes lors de la Grève Féministe 2024 est l’une des raisons qui nous a poussé·e·x·s à la rédaction de cette brochure. Le but de ce texte est de faire le point sur ce qu’il se passe dans notre ville et notre canton de 2022 à février 2025” So many fascists, everywhere. Even in the loveliest city of Switzerland.
Meinungsfreiheit: Mächtige Männer spielen Außenseiter [uebermedien] – “Die Machtvergessenheit im (medialen) Diskurs über Meinungsfreiheit hilft Ferrari-Besitzern, vermögenden Autoren und Oberbürgermeistern, sich mit der Klage über „soziale Kosten“ den Status von gesellschaftlichen Außenseitern und Nonkonformisten zu erschwindeln. Wenn man aber von der dröhnenden Debatte einmal einen Schritt zurücktritt, dann klingen „soziale Kosten“ verdächtig nach dem, was man früher schlicht als „Konsequenzen“ für das eigene Tun und Reden bezeichnet hätte.” Whenever you read cancel culture, translate it to accountability culture.
Treiber des Faschismus [ak analyse & kritik] – “Egal, ob unter Republikanern oder Demokraten, der Arbeiterpartei PT oder Bolsonaros extremer Rechten – der Straf- und Repressionsstaat, den man als zentrales Merkmal von Faschisierung betrachten sollte, ist überall auf dem Vormarsch. Nicht Trumps Maga-Bewegung oder Bolsonaros Wahlsieg, sondern der Aufstieg des Neoliberalismus – gewissermaßen die »Konterrevolution des Eigentums« im 20. Jahrhundert – ist der Motor dieser autoritären Transformation.” A bit heady maybe, but it is precise.
Rio in Berlin [rbb] – “Bevor Rio Reiser König von Deutschland wurde, war er König von Kreuzberg – mit seiner Band Ton Steine Scherben. Rio und die Scherben schreiben den Soundtrack einer Bewegung, die in besetzten Häusern das kollektive Zusammenleben ausprobiert. Ein Streifzug durch die Lieder von Rio Reiser und das Kreuzberg der 70er Jahre und von heute.” I love Rio so much, i even started up my VPN to watch this.
Essay: Die falsche Gleichheit [woz] – “Alle bekommen, was sie verdienen? Das Prinzip der Eigenverantwortung stützt seit jeher die Ungleichheit. So können im Namen des Liberalismus auch Zwang und Gewalt beliebig aufgedreht werden – bis zum Faschismus.” I agree with this article, but in anarchism we used to also propagate a form of individual responsibility. Where has that gone? How could projects work if people don’t act from a place of social responsibility based in solidarity. That then, social solidarity, would be the missing piece, the distinction from aynrandism.
[Older articles, still great]
Disabled Anarchists – An Introduction [the commoner] – “This essay aims to celebrate the lives of disabled anarchists by reclaiming their histories and framing disability not as an individual shameful failure that undermines one’s agency, legitimacy and personhood, but rather, as a neutral characteristic within the natural variation of humanity, one which likely deeply impacted their life experiences and perspectives. This essay will provide brief biographies of several disabled anarchists, briefly outline how ableism is foundational to other forms of oppression and provide an outline of The Social Model of Disability.” This was mentioned above, an example of what DARK does.
I Spent 30 Days Building a House of STONES and LOGS in the Forest – I found this satisfying to watch.
R.I.P.
Brian Wilson
Arnaldo Pomodoro (don’t know him, love the name though)
“Lalo” Schifrin
& much too many in Gaza, still! and in all those other fucked up wars.
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